The Royal Canadian Navy is replacing the Heart of Oak marching song with something “more inclusive,” over concerns of colonialist, exclusionary, and gender-specific lyrics. Former naval officer Andrew MacGillivray joined True North’s Rachel Parker to discuss the implications of this change, and the eroding morale and identity within the navy.
Rachel is a seasoned political reporter who’s covered government institutions from a variety of levels. A Carleton University journalism graduate, she was a multimedia reporter for three local Niagara newspapers. Her work has been published in the Toronto Star. Rachel was the inaugural recipient of the Political Matters internship, placing her at The Globe and Mail’s parliamentary bureau. She spent three years covering the federal government for iPolitics. Rachel is the Alberta correspondent for True North based in Edmonton.
